NIU vs. Akron for MAC title

November 25, 2005|By From news services

After winning the Mid-American Conference West Division title Wednesday, Northern Illinois (7-4, 6-2) will play East Division champs Akron (6-5, 5-3) on Dec. 1 at Ford Field in Detroit. The title game pits a pair of star running backs--NIU's junior Garrett Wolfe (1,318 yards) and Akron's senior Brett Biggs (1,114) (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text).

FOR THE RECORD - This story contains corrected material, published Nov. 29, 2005.